S5:E9 – A Tale of Two Trees – Benjamin Holsteen, “Sing an Exile’s Love Song”

A Tale of Two Trees - Benjamin Holsteen, "Sing an Exile's Love Song" by Matthew Clark | One Thousand Words https://www.matthewclark.net/mcwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OTW_S5-E9-ToTT_Bens-Essay.mp3 Benjamin Holsteen believes that a life spent in pursuit of awe, wonder, and gratitude in the midst of the everyday is the best preparation for an eternity spent in the presence of their ultimate Source. He spends his days thinking, writing, talking, and living out of this conviction, currently as a PhD candidate in Art and Theology at the University of St Andrews. He lives on the edge of the North Sea with his wife and two children. You can find him online from benjamin.omg.lol and subscribe to *Transcendent Mixtapes*—his forthcoming newsletter reflecting in writing on religious life in the 21st century, filtered through a lifetime of obsessive pop music listening—at transcendentmixtapes.substack.com. How can we sing?  by Matthew Clark   Our captors cracked their whips and grinned  Down by the rivers of Babylon They laughed and mocking bid us sing  Down by the rivers of Babylon   So we hung our harps upon a withered tree  Down by the rivers of Babylon And we gave up songs about being free  Down by the rivers of Babylon   Pre-Chorus Oh don’t let our love grow cold   CHORUS But how can we sing the Lord’s song  How can we sing about home?  How can we sing the Lord’s song  By the rivers of babylon?   We wake up strangers in a foreign land  Down by the rivers of Babylon Lord, dry as sand slipping through your hand  Down by the rivers of Babylon   Pre-Chorus  CHORUS   BRIDGE Oh, his love endures forever  (Lord, don’t hide your face forever)   ©2023 Matthew Clark, Path in the Pines Music (ASCAP)   The post S5:E9 – A Tale of Two Trees – Benjamin Holsteen, “Sing an Exile’s Love Song” appeared first on Matthew Clark.